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An efficient lost and found system in Japan, a Canadian metal detectorist who finds precious items from Peru to Malaysia and archaeologists on the trail of a lost German city.

What does it take to find something when it's lost?

Depending on what it is, perhaps just an efficient lost and found system like Japan's. But sometimes a more targeted approach – like Canadian Chris Turner's – is necessary. Chris is a metal detectorist who started an organisation aimed at helping people recover lost items. He has a team that stretches from Peru to Malaysia and he says they've found thousands of lost items between them. Lauren Boothby went to meet him in Vancouver. This interview was first broadcast in May 2019.
The lost German city of Rungholt, believed to have been swallowed by the North Sea more than 650 years ago as a punishment for its inhabitants' sins, has been mapped for the first time using modern scientific methods. Kiel University's Dennis Wilken and Bente Sven Majchczack told Laura Thomas about a particularly remarkable discovery, made this year.

Presenter: May Cameron
Producer: Laura Thomas and May Cameron
Lost & Found theme music by Danny Greenwald

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(Photo: Canadian metal detectorist Chris Turner displays some of the lost rings he found. Credit: Lauren Boothby)

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